Re: [soa-rm] Definition of "Service Consumer"

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Matthew MacKenzie <>
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2005-04-07T13:10:58+00:00
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Re: [soa-rm] Definition of "Service Consumer"
I think services deserve respect, lets try not to exploit them :-)

Gregory A. Kohring wrote:

> Thomas,
>
> Perhaps one should use a somewhat broader definition which captures
> the human user as well:
>
> Service Consumer: An entity which exploits a service.
>
>
> -- Greg
>
>
> Thomas Erl wrote:
>
>> Now that we've decided on the term "service consumer" it may be 
>> useful to formally define it. The term "consumer" is used by the WS-I 
>> Basic Profile wherein it is simply defined as "Software that invokes 
>> an instance."
>>
>> Thomas
>>
>
>